Example sentences of "be [conj] [pron] is [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The odds are that there is some sting going on , ’ he said . |
| 2 | The way that many politicians and others have called for the teaching of " facts " and wish to throw out all matters relating to " mere opinion " such as environmental concerns , shows how unaware many people are that there is any problem with regard to the reliability of facts or the possibility of there being evidence supporting beliefs and values . |
| 3 | It may be that there is some delay after completion , which makes it impossible for the buyer 's conveyancers to lodge their transfer within the period of priority . |
| 4 | The advantage of a ‘ high ’ Christology would seem to be that there is less concentration on the maleness of Jesus , because less concentration on Jesus . |
| 5 | ‘ The point , ’ said McInnes , drawing the meeting to order , ‘ is that there is little change in basic share prices , unless a real story hits the wires . |
| 6 | What emerges from the survey as most worrying for the Government is that there is little support from even its most natural supporters for some key policies , like the privatisation of water and the railways . |
| 7 | The pay off is that there is little sign of the peakiness that can accompany sports engines . |
| 8 | The idea is that there is little value to a manager of a set of monthly accounts which record only the invoices received or invoices paid . |
| 9 | The problem is that there is little agreement over how this control should operate and what form it should take . |
| 10 | One discouraging aspect of the relations between nations at the present time is that there is little indication of a decline in nationalist sentiment or in the fervour with which particular national interests are pursued . |
| 11 | Father Tony Wright of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church , High Park Street in Liverpool , said : ‘ My experience is that there is some kind of spiritual presence there . ’ |
| 12 | The overall conclusion of the AD paper is that there is some support for the proposition that monetary growth affects real output only if it is unpredictable , and that the impact on output of unpredictable monetary growth declines the more unpredictable monetary growth becomes . |
| 13 | What is certain is that there is some truth in the portrait : the director of this rapturously successful English a cappella ensemble did go to Winchester and St John 's , Oxford , and does write a column about cricket . |
| 14 | And , and I think what is actually happening at the moment in , in the parish is that there is some perception , there is a perception , that something is , that things are changing and that the parish council is of importance . |
| 15 | In all cases the explanation is that there is some sort of physical attraction between the centromeres of similar ancestry . |
| 16 | The reason for choosing the last phrase first is that there is less likelihood of the intonation being distorted . |
| 17 | The first is that there is less room in which to work , and the second that the boomy quality of many interiors can make the recording of clear sound difficult . |
| 18 | An obvious implication of the continuity between peace and war and between internal and foreign policy referred to in Chapter 1 is that there is less meaning to the civilian-military distinction in the USSR than elsewhere . |
| 19 | One thing we learned from her success is that there is enough money for all if there is no greed , ’ he added . |
| 20 | One recurring kind of reason against accepting the authority of one person or institution is that there is another person or institution with a better claim to be recognized as an authority . |
| 21 | The implication of this is that there is more scope for innovation and change in Europe than there is in the UK . |
| 22 | The truth is that it is this party and this Government who have consistently sought to defend employees and trade union members over the past 12 years , and that is what the country will bear in mind when we come to the general election . |
| 23 | But of course , of course is if there is any evidence whatsoever er of financial mismanagement in the police authority it is a matter which has to be properly investigated . |
| 24 | If this explanation is simplistic , it is because there is little point in saying more about Minamata now that the classic written account of the tragedy is available in English . |
| 25 | One of the reasons why er Kenneth has a respectable crippling this country , is because there is more flexibility over there to this country . |
| 26 | This is because there is less scattering of blue light as the atmospheric path length and consequently the degree of scattering of the incoming radiation is reduced . |
| 27 | ‘ The central issue raised on this aspect of the appeal is whether there is any evidence upon which the judge could find that the plaintiffs behaved in a manner in relation to the conduct of the son as to make them liable to suffer financial loss resulting from the equitable relief sought by the defendants . |